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Team Type 1 adds new directors

by VeloNews.com

• December 26, 2008
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Vassili Davidenko

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Team Type 1 has hired a new director sportif, Vassili Davidenko, and a new assistant director, Gord Fraser, for the 2009 season.

Davidenko was Team Type 1’s assistant director last year under Ed Beamon, who is not returning, the team said.

“We were very fortunate to have someone with Ed’s experience to help guide us down the path of success in our first year,” said Team Type 1 General Manager Tom Schuler. “With Vassili and Gord, we have two former pros who can also relate well to the challenges a rider faces on and off the bike.”

Davidenko was a professional for 14 years, winning the Russian national road (1996) and cyclocross (1998) titles. He also was a silver medalist in the 1988 Junior World Road Race Championships and represented Russia at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. He won the Athens Twilight Criterium in 2005 and 2006.

Fraser raced professionally for 13 seasons and represented Canada in three Olympic Games and five Commonwealth Games. A veteran of the Tour de France, the 40-year-old works for Carmichael Training Systems.